Thank you all so much for showing interest in my Phal I really do hope for a keiki, but I'll be happy with spike too I have another question, since this will potentially be my first keiki ever, do I need to take some special care or do I just let it grow?
Just let it grow until any root are 5-8cm long. That might take many months or even more than a year. If a new growth comes from the base of the plant, it is fine to leave it there so you have a double plant in one container. More flowers!
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Is that brown stem on the left an old spike? Then what is underneath it is a root.
Yes, it's an old spike. Din't cut it lower 'cause I was affraid to damage the leaves. And I agree...this seems to be a root. This phal produces a lot of them in tnis area.
I have a little update This, whatever it is, seems to be hollow :O I think that's a point for keiki instead of spike, I never saw a hollow spike :O My guess is that this will evolve into leaves, what do you think?
I hope that you can see what I mean on pictures below
This is a curious case. I was gonna say I think from the tip it's a spike however it looks like maybe the plant is going the route of a keiki. I've had a plant or two seem confused, unsure what it wants to do and what looked like a keiki suddenly is a spike and vice versa. So I'm saying keiki but only time will tell for sure. Make sure to take care of the plant because if it goes downhill the keiki could suffer.
OR... maybe spike?
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